Movable foot-rail



H. H. YOUNG.

MOVABLE FOOT RAIL.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 6. ma.

Patented Aug. 5, 1919.

,HeGo H. venue, or LopDoNvILLE, c1110.

MOVABLE room-RAIL Specification of Letters Aug: I

Application filed' June 6, 1918. Serial No. 238,575.

T0 all whom it may concern: 1

Be it known that I, I'IUGO H.- Yomveya citizen of the United States of America residing at Loudonville, in the county of Ash land and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inMovable Foot-Rails", ofaw'hich the following is a;

specification. l e

This inventionrelates to a'movable'footrail for cars and carriages or the like. 7

The primary object of the present invention is to construct a pivoted or movable footrail so as to provide means of changing the relative position of the footrail with respect-to the occupant of a 'vehicle'or the like, to accommodate and 'conforin to the different reaches 5 of-the occupants of the vehicle thereby insuring comfort and ease to the occupants in riding by affording facilities for changing the relative distance of the footrail from, the occupants of the vehicle. i

A further object is to provide means of securely, but yieldingly locking the footrail in its adjusted or in its relatively changed position with respect to the occupants of the vehicle, this function being automatically performed when the footrail is manipulated to change its relative position with respect to its distance from the occupants of the vehicle.

These and other objects are attained by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which:

Figure 1 is an elevation of the invention showing the footrail in neutral position.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the invention showing one of the standards partly in section.

In the drawings reference numerals 1 and 2 represent bifurcated standards which are preferably provided with oppositely disposed projecting portions 8. Supporting lugs 4 are provided on the projecting portions 3. Lever brackets 5 are fitted to the bifurcated portions of the standards and mounted to pivot upon pins 6 which are secured to the standards and pass through the hubs 7 of the pivoted lever brackets. A rod 8 is connected and rigidly secured to the pivoted lever brackets 5 thereby providing a movable footrail or rest.

The lever brackets 5 are provided with oppositely extending arms 9 and 10 having the ends thereof flattened, arranged and adapted to contact or abut against and rest upon the supporting lugs 4 on either side of the standards when the footrail is manipulated and thus adjusted to a relatively shorter 01" longer distance from the oc'cupants of the vehiclem In order to securely but yieldingly lock the lever brackets and railin the desired relative positions with respect to the occu pants of the vehicle, a'spring press locking mechanism is provided andmounted upon the standards to wit; the brackets are mounted to pivot upon the'bifurcated portions of the standards so as to leave spaces ll between the peripheries of the hubs of the'pivoted lever brackets and the bottoms 12 of the bifurcated portions of the standards. The hubs 7 of the brackets are preferably flattened asindicated at 13 and 14. Suitable apertures are formed under the hubs 7 in the bottoms 12 of'the bifurcated portions of the-standards to receive the studs 15 which are provided with reduced portions 16 and loosely fitted in said apertures.

Springs 16 are fitted to the reduced portions of the studs and are adapted to contact with shoulders 19 of the studs at one end. Threaded plugs 20 threadably engage the threaded portions of the apertures and the ends thereof are adapted to contact with the opposite ends of the springs and compress the same so as to force the springs to exert more or less tension as desired against the shoulders of the locking studs forcing the ends of the studs in yielding contact with the peripheries of the hubs of the pivoted lever brackets when the brackets are in neutral position and forcing the studs in contact with the flattened portions of the pivoted lever brackets when the brackets are manipulated or adjusted to change the distance of the footrail from the occupants of the vehicle.

WVhen the footrail is moved to either its forward; or rearward position and the arms forced in contact with the supporting lugs of the standards, the ends of the yielding locking studs automatically exert a pressure against the flattened portions of the hubs of the pivoted lever brackets thereby locking the brackets and rail to the supporting lugs of the standards securely, but yieldingly in their adjusted or changed position and also counteracting the' vibratigll Q Li t!" l'lng th P r -01 e ail transmitted thereto from a moving vehigle Attention is called to the thatin 'der to change the position of the footi'ail that it is only necessary to impart pressure the footrail forcing it in the direction 'de sired until the ends of the arms contact with the supporting lugs at-Which point the rail and brackets-are yieldinglyand at to nati-w oally locked to the lugs by the spring pressed mech nism, U V T l e em: o 7' r a pivoted fqotrail, standards provided vvvitl lugs,- lever brackets pivoted her to ha ng'h bs with opposed pertiens hereo fla tened, a rod enneet d o said lever brackets, spring pressed means lll llllfi d up n the ta dards and. adapted to con tact wit the fl tten d po tions f the hubs t0 yieldingly lack the pivoted lever brackets O' he lugs of he standards,

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